Đề thi ALL 2018 – Khối lớp 10-11-12
Đề thi National Language Arts League năm 2018 — Grade 10, 11 & 12 Contest. Làm bài có giờ, chấm điểm ngay và xem lại từng câu sai.
Đề thi thật của kỳ thi ALL. American Language League (trước năm 2024 mang tên National Language Arts League – NLAL) là kỳ thi tiếng Anh thường niên dành cho học sinh Mỹ từ lớp 1 đến lớp 12, kiểm tra từ vựng, ngữ pháp, chính tả và đọc hiểu. Đề này nguyên bản dành cho Grade 10-12; đề bài giữ nguyên tiếng Anh, phần hướng dẫn có thêm lời dịch tiếng Việt, đáp án theo bảng đáp án chính thức của ban tổ chức.
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PART I Từ vựng Vocabulary
Câu 1–20Chọn từ phù hợp nhất để điền vào chỗ trống sao cho câu có nghĩa trọn vẹn.
Directions: In each of the sentences below there is a blank space indicating that a word has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are four choices. From these four words you are to choose the one word that when inserted in the blank space best fits in with the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
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1. He spent so much time grooming himself, he was known to have a/an .
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2. The coach was when the batter failed to run out the ground ball.
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3. The testimony of the accused was not believed because it contained details.
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4. The of the speech caused the audience to grumble.
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5. The artist wanted to the delivery of the enormous piece of sculpture.
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6. The contract was so complex that the lawyer wanted to his client from any obligation.
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7. The current patriotism demands a more ardent to the flag.
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8. With the new film about to open, a group wanted to against its theme.
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9. The court used measures to prevent the trial from ending too quickly.
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10. The attitude of the contestants toward the judges was unfortunate.
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11. After much discussion the baseball managers decided that the new rule was .
Chọn từ có nghĩa trái ngược nhất với từ được gạch chân (hoặc từ được đánh số).
Directions: Each underlined word is followed by four words lettered A to D. Choose the lettered word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word underlined.
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12. irresolute
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13. deprecate
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14. obsequious
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15. radiate
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16. enigmatic
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17. charlatan
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18. chicanery
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19. tumid
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20. mandatory
PART II Dấu câu, viết hoa và ngữ pháp Punctuation, Capitalization & Grammar
Câu 21–26Đọc câu và quyết định câu cần sửa gì về dấu câu, viết hoa hoặc ngữ pháp (nếu có), rồi chọn đáp án tương ứng.
Directions: Read each sentence. Decide what if any correction in punctuation, capitalization, or grammar the sentence needs. Write the correct letter on the answer sheet.
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21. We want to make the following announcements: first, that the incoming money be counted by the registrar; second, that the play go on as scheduled; third, that the profits be sent to the principal.
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22. The hurricane came ashore near New Orleans, Louisiana; it’s winds were gauged at 120 miles per hour.
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23. “How often should Katherine take the cholesterol pills Doctor Philips?” asked Bob.
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24. While my uncle and I were waiting for the commuter train on Long Island, the clouds began to thicken.
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25. To understand Herman Melville’s uneasy relationship with Walt Whitman one must know something of Melville’s attitude toward Whitman’s poetry.
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26. There isn’t a chance of us getting a diploma unless we show real interest in English, history, and science.
PART III Đọc hiểu Reading Comprehension
Câu 27–41Đọc kỹ bài đọc rồi chọn đáp án đúng cho mỗi câu hỏi bên dưới.
Directions: Read each passage. Answer each question by writing the letter of the correct answer in the space provided on the answer sheet.
Passage A
Let each day be a lesson——
Enjoy the sights around you——
Ask yourself questions about what you see——
Read as much as you can——
Notice the small things that make up life——
Investigate interesting projects——
Never let a learning experience pass you by——
Grow mentally strong——
Investigate interesting topics——
Search for chances to learn——
Always have an open mind——
Work hard in school——
Always give attention to your classes——
You should want to be involved——
Take time to study——
Only give your best to studies——
Search for knowledge——
Use all your talents and efforts——
Create a mind filled with energy——
Continue to learn throughout your life——
Enjoy being aware of things around you——
Savor using your intelligence——
Success is the reward for hard work.
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27. Question yourself about .
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28. Always look for chances .
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29. Always use your .
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30. To achieve success, .
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31. Looking at the first letter of each line, the best title would be .
Passage B
The Battle of Borodino on September 7, 1812, was the greatest battle during Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia and along with the “battle of the nations” at Leipzig and Waterloo, one of the most famous. At the village of Borodino, on the main road 77 miles west of Moscow, Marshall Kutuzov, commanding 120,000 Russian troops with 640 pieces of artillery, gave battle to Napoleon’s Grande Armée with 130,000–135,000 men and 587 guns. More than one-third of those on each side were killed or wounded. The battle itself was indecisive, and the Russians withdrew, having lost about 44,000 killed and wounded. But they had begun to inflict a mortal wound on Napoleon’s overextended army, which lost about 50,000.
Kutuzov had retreated from the initial confrontation, but on September 3, his army dug in across a front of 5 miles spanning the only two approaches to Moscow with his right flank protected by the Moskva River and the left by the Mtitasa forest. A great redoubt, or barrier, was constructed in the center. The right and left wings were well fortified and designed to direct any attack into the center, where the bulk of the artillery was situated. Outflanking movements were impossible because of the forest and river. There was nothing deceptive about the Russian position; it was immensely strong, and any sane general would have refused to assault it under normal circumstances. But Kutuzov calculated that after a long advance over scorched earth, Napoleon would be desperate for a decisive battle. The first contact was to the west of the main position, where 40,000 French stumbled on 12,000 Russians on September 5 and were repulsed. The Russians continued to reinforce their positions, and when the French attacked on September 7, seven separate assaults were beaten back at enormous cost before the eighth succeeded because of superior numbers. The Russians fought to the death, and the battle lost any semblance of tactical refinement in an orgy of mutual slaughter. Shaken by the carnage and perhaps suddenly aware of how far he was from home, Napoleon decided not to commit the Imperial Guard. As darkness fell, the fighting petered out through exhaustion. Moreover, the French were stunned as Kutuzov decided to give up Moscow in order to preserve his army.
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32. While indecisive initially the Battle of Borodino saw each side lose of its troops.
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33. The two approaches to Moscow were greatly protected by .
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34. The Russian general, Kutuzov, believed that Napoleon was interested in .
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35. The battle of Borodino was only somewhat successful for the French after .
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36. Borodino has sometimes been considered a defeat for Russia because of .
Passage C
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) was a folklorist, anthropologist, and novelist. Outspoken, spirited, and very gifted, Hurston was the most prolific African-American writer of the 1930’s. She was born and raised in all-black Eatonville, Florida, the major shaping influence of her affirmative vision of African-American rural folk culture. Inspired as a child by the advice of her dying mother to excel and to be her mother’s voice, she achieved success under the guidance of Franz Boas, a prize-winning folklorist, anthropologist, and writer. Industry, intelligence, ingenuity and the backing of many patrons facilitated her education at Howard University, Barnard College, and Columbia University. When she arrived in New York in 1925, Hurston’s genius for storytelling drama and flamboyance helped her make friends quickly. In addition to Boas the most important person was Fannie Hurst, who employed her as a secretary and confidante. Moreover, much of Hurston’s folklore research in the South, the Bahamas, Haiti, and Jamaica was sponsored by her many friends and acquaintances.
Zora Neale Hurston drew on the tension between her folk and formal education for the ethnic material and manner of the short stories and articles that won her acclaim in the 1920’s and 1930’s. But many black contemporaries of the Harlem renaissance and depression eras criticized her willingness to play the minstrel role for whites, and some criticized her books for being pastoral and totally apolitical. Yet, her most controversial political act was to express opposition to the 1954 Supreme Court school desegregation decision, which she resented for portraying Southern blacks as inferior to whites. This position caused consternation among people who had considered her a spokesperson for blacks in society. She would die in penniless obscurity, and it would be a full decade before her literary revival took place. Literary critics began to reassess Hurston’s significance in the canons of European-American, African-American, and women’s literature. A number of her works, Mules and Men and Tell My Horse, are important resources for the bicultural belief systems and ritual practices of peoples of African descent in the Americas. Hurston’s most commercially successful book was Dust Tracks on a Road, which is a combination of dazzling black idiom and formal rhetoric. Her most critically acclaimed book is Their Eyes Were Watching God, in which the heroine’s quest is the prototypical black love story and account of a woman’s search for identity.
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37. Zora Neale Hurston was encouraged by her mother to be .
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38. Her mentor, Franz Boas, was best known as .
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39. Hurston’s genius was most evident in her .
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40. Hurston was sometimes criticized for being .
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41. Hurston’s writings on bicultural belief systems and ritual practices of peoples of African descent showed her to be a fine .
PART IV Chính tả Spelling
Câu 42–50Mỗi câu được chia thành ba phần (a), (b), (c). Nếu có từ viết sai chính tả, chọn phần chứa từ đó; nếu không có lỗi, chọn D.
Directions: Read each sentence. A word may be misspelled in one part of the sentence. If so, write the appropriate letter on the answer sheet. If no word is misspelled, write the letter D.
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42. (a) On many occasions / (b) Beth tried to convince him that a deciseve / (c) action was needed to change opinions.
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43. (a) The arbitrator noted / (b) that the rules of engagement must be followed / (c) in a conscientious manner.
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44. (a) We sat through the convention / (b) for a monotonously boring morning, / (c) and the presentations became more and more pondarous.
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45. (a) The orthopedic doctor noted / (b) that the woman’s disentegrating hip / (c) was causing spasms throughout her body.
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46. (a) The economist espoused / (b) a bizarre program whose main thrust / (c) was the abolition of all coinage.
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47. (a) The visiting scholar was so emenent / (b) in the field of archeology that everyone / (c) believed that he could answer any technical question.
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48. (a) After years of peace the ademant countries / (b) grew complacent about defense / (c) mechanisms and let their soldiers return home.
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49. (a) After all the decision making, / (b) the members of the fraternity were nominated / (c) to be recipeints of scholarships.
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50. (a) The management of the tractor dealership / (b) pledged that it would be more involved and astute / (c) in creating better relations with its customer.